Tag: NASA
Phoenix probe lands safely on Mars – Houston, we have no problems
It's of little surprise that the ordinarily starch-collared NASA scientist were whooping with delight yesterday as the Phoenix craft landed safely on Mars. The probe – still sounds rude – left the Earth nine and a half months ago and…
Nokia's N-Gage platform available NOW NOW NOW!
The news that all the N81, N82 and N95 handset owners has been waiting for has rocked up on the internet, a little late to the party, but looking good nonetheless.
The software is available for download from the N-Gage site for your N81, N81 8GB, N82, N95 and N95 8GB phones, after two delays last year. The official announcement is due out this Monday, which should contain some more secrets. With EA, Gameloft and Glu Mobile all having signed up to…
Australian man finds bit of rocket – then hands it in
Who would hand in a bit of rocket? If I found a bit of rocket, it’d be up on the mantelpiece the same day. Regardless of health implications from cosmic radiation or half-melted fuel cells.
The man in questions is James Stirton. The rocket part in question is unknown, as James has been on the phone to NASA to try and find out exactly what it is he’s just…
British space exploration lives on! MoonLITE probe heading Moon-wards in 2012
Only about 35 years after the last American stood on the Moon, Britain is going back – with a decidedly non-thrilling unmanned probe.
Designed by mainly British scientists – with complicated navigational bits provided by NASA – the £100m MoonLITE probe will hopefully be on its way by 2012…
Digital music gets futuristic, with NASA beaming The Beatles across the galaxy today
As your eyes just fed into your brain, NASA is spending the US taxpayer’s money wisely, by sending the Beatles’ music into space! Little do those extraterrestrials know that they disbanded years back, and Macca is now singing about vintage clothes and Starbucks.
Apparently today is the first annual international day dedicated to gushing about which Beatle was your fave, and where you’re actually allowed to keep their greatest hits on a loop all day in the office without any of the usual repercussions. You can’t argue with an international day to celebrate the Beatles, on the day they recorded their song ‘Across the Universe’ 40 years previously.
At several times throughout today, NASA will be beaming the song into the sky from a satellite antenna, in the hopes…
SCIENTISTS – "We are all doomed" as the Sun gets ready to EXPLODE
That headline’s perhaps a bit dramatic. That’s not really what the weather-watchers at The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said at all.
The point is this – our Sun appears to be going into a new cycle of sunspot activity, which could, possibly, maybe if it goes “2 da Xtreme,” interfere with all the cool electric stuff we so dearly rely upon.
The solar breakout could lead to mobile networks breaking, GPS systems crashing and the power grids…
NASA wants YOU to be a moonwalking astronaut
From the age of six, I wanted to be a top tech blogger (obviously), but before that I had my sights set on space, and a career as an astronaut. However, here’s some news that’s reawakened those early ambitions: NASA is on the hunt for new astronauts, and the successful candidates could be walking on the Moon by 2020!
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 13-Sept-07: Google, Mushiking, Revver, Trent Reznor, Yahoo
– Google’s Larry and Sergey’s annual perks include a NASA-operated private jet runway minutes from their offices (New York Times)
– Increase in illegal stag beetle imports blamed on Japanese arcade game, Mushiking (Kotaku)…
NASA and Google join forces to put data online
Geek-favourite and solar-explorer NASA has signed a deal with (also) geek-favourite and search-powerhouse Google to archive vast amounts of it's images and data online in an easy-to-search library…
